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| 5 May 05
Posted on 05/05/2005 6:53:59 PM PDT by xzins
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posted on
05/05/2005 6:54:01 PM PDT
by
xzins
To: xzins
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The page on the Internet auction website has so far registered 6.3 million hits, far more than any other item ever advertised.
The bidding for the metallic grey 1999 Golf IV in mint condition started at 9,999 euros.
That is the price Benjamin Halbe, 21, bought it for in January from a used car dealer. He had no idea that its previous owner, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, would become Pope. "
WHAT A LUCKY STIFF!!! Lord, why not send me a piece of luck like that!! I am tempted to envy.
To: Salvation; NYer
Isn't the euro about 1.5 dollars to one euro?
150,000 bucks for a VW Golf you paid 10 grand for is a pretty good turn around.
You might even call it blessed.
This should open up a few relgious "golf" jokes....
Moses, the Pope, and the Dalai Lama were playing golf.....
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:09:15 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: xzins
You know, I think about some of the cars I owned and when I got "lucky" in the back seat and stuff like that.
I guess I'm going to hell now...
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:09:21 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: SolomoninSouthDakota
I'm upping the bid to 100,000 pesos.
To: SolomoninSouthDakota
Impulse buying...he'd better sell it while it's hot.
I'll never win the lottery because I never buy a ticket. (But I'd never win it if I did.)
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:11:03 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: billorites
back seat jokes on a pope thread...
(shame on you) :>)
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:11:57 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: xzins
With all due respect Padre, you're ticket's punched.
To: battlegearboat
To: battlegearboat
your ticket's punched And my elevator skips a few floors, too. :>)
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:16:51 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: xzins
And... who shive's a git? Most of us here are over the age of twelve. Actually 50+. Many are retired ex-military. I'll leave it at that.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:21:45 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: xzins
All the answers are in the stars...
12
posted on
05/05/2005 7:22:08 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(As darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of good; innocence is blind.)
To: xzins
Jeez,
The Pope owned a Bug?
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:22:19 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
"The Pope owned a bug"
A praying man thus.
To: battlegearboat
Maybe I'm being Amerocentric.
But, I've always thought of the Holy Father...
as an Impala sort of guy.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:28:59 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
I meant...
Maybe I'm being Amerocentric.
But, I've always thought of the Holy Father...
as an Impala sort of guy.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:32:27 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: xzins; american colleen; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; ...
Catholic Ping Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:33:23 PM PDT
by
NYer
("Love without truth is blind; Truth without love is empty." - Pope Benedict XVI)
To: xzins
It ended up going for over 180000 euros.
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:33:53 PM PDT
by
mhx
To: mhx
anyone know the euro to dollar exchange rate?
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:42:11 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: xzins
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posted on
05/05/2005 7:44:37 PM PDT
by
arichtaxpayer
(We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.)
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